The reality is, it all happened pretty fast. And when it was over, Nam tore out of the ring in Brazil and back to his locker room – with the home-country champion out cold on the canvas, not even awake enough yet to wonder what just happened.

But even if how Nam (12-4) knocked out Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (14-3) is a little hazy, just because he barely had time to witness the quickness, the aftermath is becoming pretty clear.

Turns out Nam once was signed to Bellator. And according to his trainer, now there’s a legal mess brewing over whether Nam can strike while the iron’s hot and sign with another promotion. Bellator has 18 months to match any deals he gets, according to a deal he once had with them that fell through when the promotion couldn’t get him into a bantamweight tournament.

“Right now, my agents and my coaches are going to war with Bellator,” Nam on Monday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “They’re keeping me updated by the hour, but right now a lot of curse words and f-bombs are probably being dropped as we speak. They’re trying to figure that out and keeping me in the loop – but a lot of arguments going on right now.”

Dantas won Bellator’s bantamweight title earlier this year with a second-round submission of Zach Makovsky. But knowing he’s not likely to get a chance to defend his title until next year, after Bellator’s next bantamweight tournament crowns a winner in the spring of 2013, Dantas took the fight with Nam at a Shooto event in Brazil.

Nam planted himself firmly on the MMA map with a first-round knockout.

“When I was watching his previous fights, he goes really into his offense – and lets a little bit down when he’s throwing his offense,” Nam said. “I thought that I could catch him at least throughout the fight with a counter-shot. I didn’t know that it was going to end the fight so soon.”

The Porland, Ore.-based Nam knocked Dantas out just 1:40 into the fight. And sure, maybe he didn’t k now it was going to happen so quickly. But Nam said he did plenty of studying of Dantas’ tendencies.

“When we started out, he came out with a flying knee – he probably wanted to put me out in just spectacular fashion,” Nam said. “I almost kind of imagined that he would do something just like that because that’s the way he fought – always on the attack, always looking for the kill.”

Nam ducked out of the way of that early bit of Dantas offense. But in the moment, after the two tested the waters early in the fight, Nam seemed to think very clearly about how he might be able to put the Bellator champ away.

“The exchange that he came on, he hit me with a couple punches that didn’t really daze me or hurt me, and right after those punches he came with a knee up in the corner,” Nam said. “Right after that, I was like, ‘This kid loves to throw knees and kicks. He just might throw another knee.’ Luckily, he did and I was in the right spot at the right time and caught him and put him out with that.”

And just like that, Nam had made a name for himself and even now finds himself hopeful for a call from the UFC.

Dantas, of course, would love a rematch down the road, telling MMAjunkie.com this past week in Orlando that he’ll take a rematch a year from now or 10 years from now.

For his part, Nam said he’s open to a rematch. But even if everything worked out with Bellator, the soonest he could get that rematch is next year.

“I read somewhere that he wants a rematch and whatnot,” Nam said. “But they want me in the tournament that’s going to be taking place in spring 2013 – that’s a long time to sit down, especially after the biggest win of my career. I’ve got a lot of promotions, if not the most recognizable promotion, wanting to sign me and wanting to fight me in the next two or three months, which sounds pretty good to me.”

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